Qassem Soleimani
Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie also testified that Iranian proxy attacks on U.S. forces haven’t been deterred by the U.S. assassination of Qassem Soleimani.
“This is not about wanting a weak presidency, or a weak commander in chief… This is neither hawkish or dovish,” said Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT).
A representative for Iran’s most controversial dissident outfit scored a meeting with Trump’s Iran point man weeks after the U.S. killed the group’s longtime adversary.
Was this murder? It sure looks that way, under a law that Congress passed specifically to deter global terrorist acts.
Sources say the Republican and Democrat are more focused than ever on putting together a new Iran deal in the wake of the Soleimani killing.
Brigadier General Ahmed Foruzandeh ran Iran’s infamous Quds Force war in Iraq that helped make Qassem Soleimani a household name.
“There were definitely questions [at the time, internally] about whether he had just made it up on the spot,” recalled one White House official.